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PETER lV. ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,516, dated September 24, 1889. Application filed April 15, 1889. Serial No. 307,237. (No model.)

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Be it known. that I, PETER W. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county ot Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buildings, of which the following is a specification, reference being` had to the annexed drawings, (two sheets,) in which- Figure I, Sheet l, is a one-fourth of a plan View of a building constructed on my plan; Fig. II, a vertical section on Fig. I, dotted lines Z, showing the stairs in elevation and a portion of the roof in section; Fig. III, a horizontal section of FigsIand II on line w, Fig. II, with stairs omitted; Figs. IV and V, plan views of the top portions of the towers above; Fig. VI, Sheet 2, a section and elevation of the mason-work and frame-work of the plan, Fig. VII, Sheet 2, on line CL, with the stairs and circular walls omitted, showing also half of tower; Fig. VII, a horizontal section of Fig. VI on line b; Fig. VIII, a detail of the frame-work in cathedral construction.

The building may be constructed with any number of sides desired, or it may be round. It can also be built to cover any-sized lot, from twenty to six hundred feet in length and a corresponding breadth. It is particularly adapted for public buildings and other large building -such as otlice-buildings, churches, halls, hotels, and apartment-buildings-being so constructed that there is no space or light lost by colulnns or other supports, which are deemed necessary as buildings are now constructed. The base of the dome or tower is supported by suitable truss-work bearing at its outer connections on the inner portions of V-shaped walls of sufficient length to inclose compartments exterior to the main compartment. On my plan a building one hundred and fifty feet in diameter is capable of supportngatower or spire seventy-ve feet above the center dome, and on a building three hundred feet wide it is capable of supporting a tower or spire onehundred and lftyfeet above such dome. The interspaces of the V-shaped abutments can be built in with circular mason-work and on the tops thereof towers can be erected, and inside thereof stairs canbe constructed leading to stairs in the main tower or spire, or the space within the towers can be used for vaults or other` purposes. If the structure is for an office-building, the exterior' towers, or a portion of them, can be used for elevators and the admission of light to the interior of the building. If the structure is for a church, the rostrum can be in the center of the main compartment and the speaker can be seen unobstructed bycolumns or other supports. The rostrum, however, may be located at any place within the halls and be in view ot all persons present.

The gist of the invention consists in such a construction that the walls of the exterior rooms serve as abutments for the support of the root or dome, in contradistinction to outside pilasters and interior columns or supports. It pilasters or columns are employed, they will be simply for ornament, and not for any necessary support.

Fig. II, being an elevation of Fig. Ion line Z, shows the outside wall c of the circular portion D, in which the stairsS may be erected, and an inner compartment E, which is below the inner small tower and below the tower-stairs T; The walls at the sides of the circular portions D E are to be constructed of the best masonwork, which may support towers F G above,

or they may extend only to form a finish at the eaves or corners of the structure; but Where stairs are to run to a central tower the towers will have to be extended properly for that purpose. The inner portions of the walls A engage the lower end portions of the truss-beams K, one of which is shown at Fig. VII. Amodiiication of truss is shown at c e f, and is forked, that windows d between walls A A may be employed to light inner compartments; and to this end the inner ends of the walls should be united with a strong crosswall.

B represents the walls connecting with the walls A A,and they may be constructed to have any desired number and style of Window, and at Fig. VII windows may be placed in the walls A A.

Inside of the walls A A B, Fig. VII, may be laid off compartments, the ground plan of which is shown by line g g h and 7c. The walls of such compartments may be xtures or composed of folding or sliding doors.

At Fig. III the rectangular spaces between IOO walls A A B may be inclosed at C for vaults, library-rooms, elevators, or lobby-rooms, as may be desired.

For large structures the apartments inside of walls A A B will be ample for the abovementioned purposes, and for churches they will be large enough for class-rooms, lecturerooms, schoolrooms, and organ room and choir, and, as shown at 2, 3, and 4, Fig. VI, a series of balconies can be constructed within the walls A A B, that all the room of the structure may be utilized as an audienceroom, and columns n maybe erected between the balconies to give a neat appearance. m represents both the roof and ceiling over bal-V cony 4, Fig. VI.

The workmanship to put in practice my invention must be of the best kind and the material must be the best, and the foundations must be constructed so as not to settle.

For small buildings, wood may be used for beams, girders, and rafters, but for medium and large buildings the principal frame-work should be of iron or steel.

The roof will of necessity have as many sides U V as the building has, and it may be ornamented by small towers, pinnacles, and have constructed therein ample skylights and ventilators, as is the custom in modern ybuildings.

H represents the cornice extending around the building and of' a height to I, Fig. VI.

G- represents the highest point of the dome, and the frame surrounding the same, as shown at Fig. I, has the same number of sides as the building supporting this portion of the dome, are supported by main trusses K extending from the'inner portions of the walls A A to the frame h.

M is a chord extending from each truss K to the exterior of the building, and having an outer support on the wall and roof portion m', Fig. VI.

G represents the main tower, and its main support are struts L, having footings just above the lower ends of the trusses K.

-N shows one of the secondary struts, and P and Q are posts or binding-braces, one of which is at the corner of each Octagon.

At Fig. VIII is a detail in plan of a pait ot' 5o the horizontal ties to the dome, which needs no description.

R is one-halt of the base of the central tower, it being united with the frame-work below, in the ordinary manner of the most substantial structures.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A building constructed with exterior apartment, the walls of which extend in from the exterior walls and form V-shaped spaces or recesses between the exterior walls, in com: bination with a truss-support for the root, having its footings on the inner ends of such V-shaped walls, and a dome G', uniting the upper ends ot' such truss=support, as and for the purpose specified. 7

2. A building constructed with Vfshaped recesses in its interior walls, and apartments formed between such Vshaped walls, and a truss-dome and spire supported upon the in.- ner ends of the Vfshaped walls, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A building constructed with V-shaped recesses in its interior Walls, and compartments formed between such V-shaped walls, and a truss-dome and spire supported on the inner ends of the Vfshaped walls, and the said recessed Walls supported by masonfwork, havingtwo circular openings, as and for the purpose specified.

PETER W. ANDERSON. Witnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN, C. G. FRENCH. 

